William gratznowsky



(No Model.)

W. GRATZNOWSKY.

REGLINING CHAIR.

10,446,062 Patented Peb. 1o, -1891` Witwe/cow UNITED STATES PATENT vOEEICE TILLIABI GRATZNOIVSKY, OF NORTH INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

Rr-:cLlNlNe-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,062, dated February 10, 1891.

Application filed June 18,'1890. Serial No. 355,821. (No model.)

means of the arms of the chair and be beneath the seat and entirely out of the way of the clothing of the person sitting in the chair; and, second, to provide means for supporting the foldingleg-rest, all as hereinafter fully de' scribed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure l represents a side elevation of the chair, having parts of the frame broken away' to show the mechanism and the leg-rest folded, but shown extended in dotted lines. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation with the leg-rest extended. Fig. 3 represents a partial elevation at 3, Fig. 2, looking from the center of the chair outward, showing the leg-rest extended. Fig. et represents asection, on an enlarged scale, at 4, Fig. l. Fig. 5 represents a section, on an enlarged scale, at 5, Fig. 3, showing the leg-rest folded.

A is the base-frame of the chair, which may be provided with rockers or may be without rockers.

B is the back, which is attached at the lower end to the seat C by ordinary hinges D. To each edge of the back at the lower end is secured a bracket E, which extendsdownward and backward below the hinge which attaches the back to the seat. Hinged to the free end of each of the brackets E is a ratchet-barF, which extends forward under .the seat and engages a catch-plate II, which is secured to the cross-bar I, which extends between the front legs of the base-frame.

J .I are arm-rests, which are pivoted at one end to the back B, and are each connected near the front end with a ratchet-bar F by means of a metallic bar L and a standard M.

Bar L is provided at its lower end with a stud N, which projects from the inner side of the bar and enters a longitudinal slot O in bar F, and is provided at its upper end with an outwardly-projecting stud p, on which the lower end ofstandard M is mounted. The upper end of standard M is hinged to the under side of the arm-rest J. Y

The leg-rest consists of two fiat pieces o' and s, mounted between a pair of jointed brackets, like T, Fig. 3, the arrangement being such that pieces o" and smay fold one upon the other. Brackets T are each provided at one end with an outwardly-projecting pin a and a depending arm r.

Secured to opposite sides of the seat C of the chair is a pair of plates W W, each having a bent slot .fr terminating at one end in an eye y, and having also on its inner side a pair of shortstudst and z arranged one above the other. Studi forms asupport for bracket T when the leg-restl is extended, and zstud a forms a support for the folded front edge of the leg-rest when it is pushed Linder the seat. The opposite ends of theleg-rest are mounted in the plates XV by means of the pins u of the brackets T, which enter and slide in the slots x of the plates.

The operation of myrdevice is as follows: The leg-rest, beingfolded, part r upon part s, as shown in full lines, Figs. l and 5, is pushed under the seat, the inner edge being supported by the pins u of brackets T resting in the horizontal portion of slot in the plates W, and the front edge of, the fold is supported by the studs zon the inner sides of the plates. To extend the leg-rest, it is drawn outward and upward, the pins a moving along slots until they rest in the eye y at the outer end of the slots. Part?1 is then turned outward and the dependent arms o of the brackets T rest IOO bars can be manipulated Without danger of catching the fingers or clothing of the operator.

I claim as my inventionl. In a reclining-chair, the base-frame, the seat, the back hinged thereto, the bracket secured to the back and projecting below the hinge, the slotted ratchet-bar pivoted to the bracket and projecting forward Yunder the seat and engaging the base-frame, the bar L,

arranged t0 slide vertically on the base-frame and having the studs N and p, the standard M, pivoted to bar L, and the arm-rest hinged to the standard and pivoted to the back, all combined and arranged to (zo-operate substantially as setforth.

2. vIn a reclining-chair, the seat, a pair of plates secured to opposite edges of the seat and'each having a slot eye y, and studs t and z, and the leg-rest consisting of apair of jointed brackets, each having a pin u land.

arm v, and the pieces r and s, secured between said brackets, all combined and arranged to co-operate as and Jfor the purpose V. M. HOOD. l 

